Test your understanding of English Grammar rules and sentence patterns with this interactive exercise.
1. That is not ………………… the color I wanted.
Not quite can mean not exactly.
2. You eat ……………… too much.
Rather can modify comparatives and too.
3. My mother would rather we …………….. to each other any more.
After would rather, we use a past tense with a present or future meaning.
4. I will go and see the Prime Minister himself if I have to.
When words like himself, herself and themselves are used to mean ‘that person and nobody else’, it is used as an emphatic pronoun.
5. I will never forget the day ……………… my daughter was born.
When can mean on which.
6. This is Ms. Malini ………………. last year.
The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the relative clause. It replaces words like he, him, her etc.
7. ……………… money he has comes from his wife’s family.
The sentence ‘What money he has…’ means the same as ‘The money that he has…’
8. They saved hundreds of refugees, ………………… had been at sea for several days.
9. He turned the radio down ...................... he wouldn’t disturb the old lady downstairs.
So that suggests a cause and effect relationship.
10. A lot of social problems ……………. caused by unemployment.
If the noun following ‘a lot of’ is plural, the verb is also plural.
11. I will lend it to you on condition that you ……………… it back tomorrow.
In subordinate clauses we often use the present tense to refer to the future
12. It doesn’t matter what you .................... with your time or money.
Present tenses are common after expressions like it doesn’t matter and I don’t care.
Answers
1. That is not quite the color I wanted.
2. You eat rather too much.
3. My mother would rather we didn’t talk to each other any more.
4. I will go and see the Prime Minister himself if I have to. (Emphatic)
5. I will never forget the day when / on which my daughter was born.
6. This is Ms. Malini whom you met last year.
7. What money he has comes from his wife’s family.
8. They saved hundreds of refugees, of whom some / some of whom had been at sea for several days.
9. He turned the radio down so that he wouldn’t disturb the old lady downstairs.
10. A lot of social problems are caused by unemployment.
11. I will lend it to you on condition that you bring it back tomorrow.
12. It doesn’t matter what you do with your money.
